Crawley, West Sussex

Q3 2012 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • July 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Crawley when compared to any previous July.

Contents

  1. New Company Registrations
  2. Closed Companies (dissolved)
  3. Net Company Growth
  4. UK Company Share
  5. Director Age
  6. Director Gender
  7. Naming Trends
  8. SIC Data
  9. Recent Companies

New Company Registrations

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    A total of 145 companies were registered in Crawley during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).

    This figure is a decrease of 16.7% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.8% against the same period last year.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)CrawleyUK
    2012145118,868
    2011174114,512
    % change-16.7%3.8%
    Record Year 2011 (174) 2012 (118,868)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    July 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Crawley when compared to any previous July.

    New Companies by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    New companies in 2012554743
    New companies in 2011475770
    % change17.0%-17.5%-38.6%
    Record Year2012 (55)2011 (57)2011 (70)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    A total of 104 companies were dissolved in Crawley during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).

    This figure is a decrease of 19.4% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.5% against the same period last year.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)CrawleyUK
    201210474,772
    201112972,230
    % change-19.4%3.5%
    Record Year 2009 (160) 2009 (159,401)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    Closed companies in 2012323933
    Closed companies in 2011415335
    % change-22.0%-26.4%-6%
    Record Year2011 (41)2008 (70)2009 (62)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    Net company growth for Crawley during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) was 41 companies.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)CrawleyUK
    20124144,096
    20114542,282
    Record Year 2000 (73) 2003 (60,597)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    Net Growth by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    Net growth in 201223810
    Net growth in 20116435
    Record Year2008 (40)2002 (24)2011 (35)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    In the third quarter of 2012, Crawley formed 0.1% of all UK companies.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)Crawley
    20120.1%
    20110.2%
    20100.1%
    20090.1%
    20080.2%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1970 (0.6%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    Company Share by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    UK formation share in 20120.1%0.1%0.1%
    UK formation share in 20110.1%0.1%0.2%
    % change5.1%-16.9%-39.2%
    Record Year1970 (0.8%)1961 (0.6%)1982 (0.7%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2012 was 39.9.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 7.6% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.8% compared to the UK figure of 3.2%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    The record third quarter for female directors in Crawley was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.

    20.6% of all director appointments in Crawley in the third quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.7% for the same period.

    Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

  1. Previous 12 months (Sep 2011-Sep 2012)

    Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    CONSULTING1.97%CONSULTING5.05%
    CONSULTANCY1.25%MANAGEMENT4.75%
    MANAGEMENT1.16%CONSULTANCY3.28%
    GATWICK1.07%PROPERTY2.35%
    PARKING0.90%TRADING2.08%
    SUSSEX0.90%DESIGN1.87%
    M0.72%ASSOCIATES1.84%
    CRAWLEY0.72%ENGINEERING1.83%
    PARTNERS0.72%CONSULTANTS1.76%
    ENGINEERING0.72%BUSINESS1.72%
    SYSTEMS0.63%CONSTRUCTION1.70%
    CONSULTANTS0.63%MEDIA1.67%
    INVESTMENTS0.63%LONDON1.67%
    TRADING0.63%J1.55%
    CLEANING0.63%GLOBAL1.53%
    PROPERTY0.63%INVESTMENTS1.46%
    SUPPORT0.63%IT1.43%
    AVIATION0.54%PROPERTIES1.34%
    ENERGY0.54%CARE1.32%
    GLOBAL0.54%M1.27%
    LONDON0.54%BUILDING1.22%
    ASSOCIATES0.54%ENTERPRISES1.20%
    BLUE0.45%ELECTRICAL1.20%
    BUSINESS0.45%S1.17%
    PROMOTIONS0.45%SECURITY1.16%

SIC Data

  1. Previous 36 months, excluding companies less than 12 months old

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied498331,455
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities3514,774
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified3033,677
    7487 - Other business activities2935,545
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management2519,425
    99999 - Dormant Company2425,035
    74990 - Non-trading company189,203
    70100 - Activities of head offices152,514
    7222 - Other software consultancy and supply144,997
    62090 - Other information technology service activities137,869
    9999 - Dormant Company1312,598
    7414 - Business & management consultancy138,437
    9305 - Other service activities126,142
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified1213,716
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified109,891
    7260 - Other computer related activities104,979
    85590 - Other education not elsewhere classified92,823
    43210 - Electrical installation93,387
    62012 - Business and domestic software development84,584
    69201 - Accounting and auditing activities84,119

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    08126760 Q MOMENTUM LTD 02 Jul 2012
    08127168 BUILDPERFECT LIMITED 03 Jul 2012
    08128719 MR TOY'S FLYING WOK (FRANCHISING) LIMITED 03 Jul 2012
    08132938 LUCAS WHOLESALE LIMITED 06 Jul 2012
    08137544 FIRST CHOICE PARKING LTD 10 Jul 2012
    08137600 BRITTANY CONSULTANTS LIMITED 10 Jul 2012
    08138795 TOUCHTRONICS LTD 11 Jul 2012
    08140629 REPUBLIC INVESTMENTS LTD 12 Jul 2012
    08140938 BARRINGTON INVESTMENTS (SOUTH EAST) LTD 12 Jul 2012
    08141541 AFRESH OFFICE CLEANING LTD 12 Jul 2012
    08142474 GLOBAL WORLDWIDE LIMITED 13 Jul 2012
    OC376957 CESTO LLP 16 Jul 2012
    08146951 REOTRA & ROUMANE LIMITED 17 Jul 2012
    08158661 IMZ SOLUTIONS LTD 26 Jul 2012
    08160826 BEATZSUPASTARZ ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED 30 Jul 2012
    08160862 MANSELL MCTAGGART EAST GRINSTEAD LIMITED 30 Jul 2012
    08162174 SMB SERVICES (UK) LTD 31 Jul 2012
    08141885 CUCKOO BABY CAKES LIMITED 13 Jul 2012
    08146108 GATWICK COMPUTERS LIMITED 17 Jul 2012
    08150193 GRAY HORSEBOX MANUFACTURER'S LTD 19 Jul 2012
    08150302 GATWICK COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED 19 Jul 2012
    08150939 MINT DRINKS LTD 20 Jul 2012
    08153968 CAREPLUS 24 LTD 24 Jul 2012
    08157214 GATWICK SECURE PARKING LTD 26 Jul 2012
    08159815 PROPERTY1000 LTD 27 Jul 2012